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Maytag is anglicized version of German name "Maitag". In common with many other immigrants at the the time Fred L. Maytag's father changed spelling of his name upon arriving in USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Louis_Maytag_I

As pointed out in YT video one linked (Thank You, Cory), Maytag Highlander W&D were introduced as a budget priced line. Dealers needed something to compete with Whirlpool's products being sold via Sears (Kenmore). There one could find something at various price points so Sears didn't lose...

IIRC this was one of if not last shout of SQ wringer washers before production in USA ended. SQ was last in USA market to sell wringer washers after Maytag called it quits...

Yes, Maytag "Highlander" was Scots inspired.

Eider down pillows and duvets can be laundered usually if the job is done correctly. In much of Europe such as Germany people take proper care of their eider down items such as keeping them in protective cases and washing those protectors often. This and each morning things are aired to dry...

There are ways for taking down or feathers out of ticking to launder separately, then either placing back in same or new ticking. It is what housewives, laundresses and laundries did for ages. Sears catalog and other sources sold pillow ticking/cases ready made for this purpose. That or one...

Stearns Packaging Corporation is distributor and they do brisk business in supplying cleaning and other products for farms. https://stearnspkg.com In fact top vendors of this product seem to be suppliers to farms...

Bog standard "institutional" or "commercial" laundry detergent. Not much different than Kirkland or any of the other inexpensive powder laundry detergents sold in large buckets. You've got heavy doses of inexpensive alkaline pH substances (soda ash, sodium metasilicate, sodium chloride), along...

Actually down filled items should be dried low (heat) and long periods. Doing so on high heat will incinerate down at outer part of item while those deeper inside will remain moist. Proper way to dry eiderdown is also to put a few tennis or other dryer balls in with item. Also every so often...

Ammonia per se may have vanished, but as with hair coloring and other things ethanolamine in various forms is used as substitute. For liquid laundry and dishwashing detergents triethanolamine is commonly used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triethanolamine...

That likely had much to do with Henkel/Dial discontinuing Wisk detergent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisk Wisk had come along way since "ring around the collar" days, but it was no longer the only liquid detergent US shelves. More to point despite having gone through various...

Thanks luv! Have long laid in a supply of washing up gloves so have protection from wash day red hands cracked. Will box up scraps from MM for now, will deal with moving things on sometime in new year after holidays are done.

Wisk has been around since 1950's (IIRC), while Persil (Dial/Henkel) only arrived rather recently. Any comparison of offerings wouldn't be fair due to former being on US shelves far longer than latter.

Who knew? https://hibid.com/lot/273493880/antique-whirlpool-dish-washer

Spent much of Tuesday stripping down vintage GE MM DW so could go out for recycle rubbish today on Wednesday. Machine had become surplus to requirements and was just sitting about haunting one taking up much needed space. Offered it up a few times with no takers and clearly something needed to...